A Soldier's Dream
Captain Travis Patriquin and the Awakening of Iraq
$44.79
- Paperback
352 pages
- Release Date
5 June 2012
Summary
For six months in 2006, a charismatic young U.S. Army captain and Arab linguist named Travis Patriquin unleashed a diplomatic and cultural charm offensive upon the Sunni Arab sheiks of Anbar province, the heart of darkness of the Iraqi insurgency. He galvanized American support for the “Sunni Awakening,” the tribal revolt against Al Qaeda that spread through the province and eventually across Iraq, a turning point that led to dramatically lower levels of violence in the country.The Awakening …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780451236852 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0451236858 |
| Author: | William Doyle |
| Publisher: | Penguin Putnam Inc |
| Imprint: | New American Library |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 352 |
| Release Date: | 5 June 2012 |
| Weight: | 374g |
| Dimensions: | 229mm x 152mm x 19mm |
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Critics Review
“He was America’s Lawrence of Arabia.” — Lieutenant Colonel Dave Grossman (Ret.)
“A truly inspirational story about an American soldier who epitomized our country’s values.” — The Huffington Post
“Compelling… carefully reported and briskly written … a tale of how even in modern warfare, with all its cultural intricacies and geopolitical considerations, two men can play a decisive role through dint of personality, adept maneuvering and, yes, a fair amount of individual ambition.” — Los Angeles Times
About The Author
William Doyle
William Doyle is the award-winning author of Inside the Oval Office- The White House Tapes from FDR to Clinton and An American Insurrection- James Meredith and the Battle of Oxford, Mississippi, 1962. He also served as director of original programming and executive producer for HBO, and won the Writers Guild of America Award for Best Documentary for his A&E special based on Inside the Oval Office.
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